I have the opportunity to get a Blue SPARK large diaphragm or an AKG Perception 120 large diaphragm. They both seem pretty comparable but I can get the AKG for about half the price of the Blue.. Which would you get?
Can't Decided Between These Mics =/
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drumslinger
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adding to the 20,000 plus mics you have already MS? 
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
Forget the room mic and the 57/609...get a Cascade Fat Head for your guitar cabs, placed about 12" to 24" in front of the cab. The backside pics up the room since it's a figure 8 ribbon mic.
You'll thank me later.
Oh...and if you don't want the room...just throw a "tent" over the amp/cab/mic rig...or put it all in a small closet filled with clothes.
drumslinger
New member
+1 on the ribbon mic.
adding to the 20,000 plus mics you have already MS?
Got a few matching LDC in the perception line.
c7sus
Disenfranchised Member
Forget the room mic and the 57/609...get a Cascade Fat Head for your guitar cabs, placed about 12" to 24" in front of the cab. The backside pics up the room since it's a figure 8 ribbon mic.
You'll thank me later.
Oh...and if you don't want the room...just throw a "tent" over the amp/cab/mic rig...or put it all in a small closet filled with clothes.
Did you get one of the upgrade transformers or the stock version?
The stereo set with the Blumlein bar looks like a pretty boss setup.
I'm in Phoenix, AZ. Are they talking about a mod for the Blue Spark or another mic? I've heard that the Blue can be a little spicy on the highs and mids just because their mics are very sensitive to detail. Does anyone recommend a mod to this mic?
I have a set of MXL 991s and a 990 that I'm going to replace the caps in like I've seen other places online so I figure why not mod all my mics if it's for the better...
I have a set of MXL 991s and a 990 that I'm going to replace the caps in like I've seen other places online so I figure why not mod all my mics if it's for the better...
They are talking about the Cascade Fathead ribbon microphone Scott.
I don't know about a mod for the Spark but I think that Michael Joly does some mods to the blues.
Check out Oktavamod.com and find out.
Michael does some really nice work!
dkelley
Active member
I don't think you'll want to mod the spark. I don't think you'd be able to mod it either - probably smt components but that's just a guess/assumption on my part.
anyhow - the spark is designed for vocals (it has the same capsule as blue's top of the line handheld stage vocal mic!), and yes it will push the mids and highs out a bit because of that. which is why it should prove to be really good in a mix.
the spark shares many eq similarities to my favorite budget vocal recording mic, the cad M9 tube mic (the really ugly blue one with the rounded-square-ish shaped mesh screen loosely based upon the look of the m179 but with all-fail-design-mode turned on at the factory LoL). although the spark doesn't have the uneven tube thing going on which is a matter of preference.
I still don't own one but get fairly frequent and very brief chances to mix tracks where a spark was used on some vocal parts and I'm really getting to quite like working with them in a mix.
anyhow - the spark is designed for vocals (it has the same capsule as blue's top of the line handheld stage vocal mic!), and yes it will push the mids and highs out a bit because of that. which is why it should prove to be really good in a mix.
the spark shares many eq similarities to my favorite budget vocal recording mic, the cad M9 tube mic (the really ugly blue one with the rounded-square-ish shaped mesh screen loosely based upon the look of the m179 but with all-fail-design-mode turned on at the factory LoL). although the spark doesn't have the uneven tube thing going on which is a matter of preference.
I still don't own one but get fairly frequent and very brief chances to mix tracks where a spark was used on some vocal parts and I'm really getting to quite like working with them in a mix.
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I got the stereo pair with B-bar....stock trannies, no complaints.
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
Something like this could cover both:
Cascade C77 Ribbon Mic
or this:
ShinyBox Ribbon Mics
I'm interested in both...might get one of them at some point.
Yup both of those are nice Miro.
Have you had the pleasure of working with one?
Weird how both of those company's are from the Northwest.